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J. W. NOELL, EDITOR AN
VOL. No. XLI
PERSON COUNTY
SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC
EVERY MAN ON DEMOCRATIC
- TICKET KLFXTRD BY BIG.
MAJORITY
'Full Vote and the Large*! Majority
Ever Cast
Owing to the large number of
name* on the many tickets it has
been impoissible to get full returns,
as some of the precincts have not
sent an their reports, at this hour,
however, we wiN give what we have
c. d make any necessary corrections
in our next issue. The remaining
! .-eclucts to hear fjronv nre sma'iV
nr.d can not possibly affect the final
. * count. The following is votes reBL
i.rived by the County candidates:
PR* For Senate: J. A. Long, 1512 No
vM?pU?ILWIl.
For Legislature: W. Roy Gates;
1996. W. F. Long. 1068.
for Sheriff: N V. Brooks, 1538;
J. W. Chambers. 878.
For Register Deeds: W. T. Kirby,
1644. ho Opposition. ]
\'DLJr Port/*r: i'r- A. F Nichols,
1460; J. T. Hamlin, 746. For Surveyor:
Iv D. Morton. 1468; W. T,
Buchanan, 831. For County Comr/.issioners:
B. F. Hester, 1627. D.
M. Ca?hl879. J. R Franklin 1422. C.
. -"? B. Hunter 969, K. D. Bailey 868, E,
J. Clayton 809. ,
The Nation), State and Congresf)
total tickets run about With the
v r.e for Commissioners, giving a
Democratic majority' of about 500.
We have not been able to get the
veto on the Amendments and Refer*
t.-Junu, but it is generally conceded
that all of theni carried save the
Port Terminals, which wan probably
defeated by about 300 in the County.
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NORTH CAROLINA GIVES
USUAL MAJORITY
With about i\nt thirl of the precincts
heard from Mr, McLean has i
a majority of 57,000, with the Demo-j
ciatk National ticket running close!
along with this vote. When the final
returns are in the majority will pro-1
tably reach 75,000.
The State- will again return a solid
' Democratic delegation to Congress. J
Death Of Mr. F. L. Woody. 7
Vf r f T W/t<v4v Hind a# hie linmn
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n?%r Btthel Hill this monnmg at 9
o'clock. He had been seriously ill for
several days with pneumonia and his
death was rfo surprise. Mr. Woody,
Frank, as all of his friends called
him, was decidedly one of the most
odjpular men in his section. He was |
03 years old, had never mafried and
leaves a brother a^id one half sister'
besides a large number of more distant
relatives.
Ts The Good Vote
? of Person County
I wish to take this method of
| tkonking eaah and every one of the
good voters of this county, for the
liibcrul support given me in the Election
of Tuesday Nov. the 4th. And
it shall he my chief 'endeavbr to
serve alt classes and nvass'es :|.t the
* fstore a a I have in the past Again
thanking each and every one for
S" ' their hearty and liberal support 1
[v aira. Yours to serve,
W. T. Kirby.
Armistice Day Celebration
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The American legion will sponsor
a celebration of Armistice Day on
!. 'Pest Tuesday, November 11th. There
tvUI be speaking, and after the adg
; drea* a Bru^wwick stew will be served;
In one of the warthouses. All of
tfce Legion boys and the pub"|ic geni
; f rally mv> fwrtinHy invited tn ho tha
gjaeata of the Lefcter Black we 11 Postj
on this day.
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i-; ' IN WATTS' HOSPITAL
?o?
Mr. S. P. Gentry was carried to
la W?u< Ho^pial in Duah&in last Fri
i-iir -iyh? f?? -- optraI.ion. \\e are
__ati to know he stood the operation
wvH ^td U (fettintf on v*ry nice.
Mr. Gentry is one of, if not the
Oldest citisend of Person, and no man
(Sir tn the Countjy is more honored and
loved than he.
Tarmville, Vn.. who have been vis.it-V
Mr. and Mrs. G, C. Cabaniss,
Uil this 'morntng~fon Roanoke..
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D PUBLISHER
ROXBORO, I
REPUBLICAN LANOSLI
G00LID6E INI
Davis Certain Only of Southern
in Oklahoma, Missouri and '
Harding in 1920?I.aFol
State Except His Home
Fairly complete returns from the t
eastern states and scattered reports 11
from the country beyond the Missis-^ J
slppl Indicate that President Coolldge
lias been elected by a majority only ?
. a little less than that received by Pres-j s
Ident Harding when he was swept into '
the presidency by the great repuhli- L
can landslide of 1920. U
On the face 6f returns received up! t
to Wednesday morning President i '
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Coolldge was maintaining his advan- (
. tage In the east and middle west and*,
had established leads in the country | .
beyond the Mississippi which if maintained,
would give him an overwhelm- 1
In* mstnrilv In Ihn nlnnlnnlol -nil.,-- I '
with/ja total running over 300 votes, j
yoohn W. Davis had to his credit
/n\y the states of the ultra-democratio 1
south, but was leadiog also in Okla- 1
homa, Missouri and Tennessee, all ^
carried by Harding In the 1920 re pub- f
llcan landslide. He also had a slight
margin In New Mexico, but had sar- (
1 rendered the lead to Coolidge in Ken- 1
tucky In a nip and tuck race.
Senator LaFollette was leading only i
in his home state of Wisconsin, although
his managers insisted that his
I fall strength would be developed only 1
after the still missing vote of the *
rural districts of the west had been 1
| counted.
la soma parts of the country the 1
j drift to Coolidge was so overwhelm- f
| ing that It threatens to rival the Hard- *
Ing landslide of 1920. Mr. Harding's
[ own voting precinct in Marlon was (
carried by his successor by a large 1
i majority than It gave Its native son 1
I four years ago. 1
| In his own home state, Massachu1
setts. Mr. Coolidge was leading Davis 1
I by a ratio of almost four to one. and (
| LaFollette by almost 14 to 1; in Maine, 1
i also, the Coolidge ndvantage over J
' Duvls was almost 4 to 1; In Rhode Is-1 1
1 land more than 3 to 1; In New Hamp-i
shire more than 2 to 1, and in Con-!
necticut more than 2 to 1.
Both In upstate New York and In 1
New York city |he President wan '
ahead of Mr. Davis, although the city 1
j gave the. democratic nominee a far|'
greater proportion of its vote than did| 1
1 other sections of the state. 1
On the face of the first returns from :
| New Jersey, a very early and small !
iciurii, v-uvnage was icaaing uavis
almost 4 to 1. Ia Ohio. with 170,000
votes counted, Coolldge had a load of i
I 60,000 over Darla,.-aiyl of 85.000 over
j t^rmUlttO.?IB mu8ylvania. one of '
the rock-ribbed republican states, the
President received 5 votes to i for
Darts, with LaKolletta making a close
race for second place.
Delaware's first reports gave Coolldge
"more than five to one over Davis.
In Kansas the ratio stood at three for
Coolldge to one for Paris, In Indiana,
with about, one-twentieth of the state
counted, the Coolldge lead was 20,000:
A tenth of the precincts In Illinois
gave Coolldge 111,000, Darls 13.000,
and LaFoUette 38,000. Charles ' 8.
Deneen, republican candidate for senator
In Illinois, was 25,000 ahead of
his democratic opponant.
The- Coolldge column continued to
mount In IBS oast as the hours rolled
on and the most -tnteresttng-uncertaluH
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HOME FIRST. ABR(
MORTH CAROLINA, W
IE SWEEPS 11
0 THE PRESIDEHCI
- riuj^Tc
States, Though He Is Leading* ?
Tennessee, Ail Carried by
lette Has Lead in No
! State of Wisconsin.
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y there '.was tift f.jxht between Gover- ,
ior Smith' and Theodore Roosevelt u
or the governorship pf New York.
Governor. Smith, of course, polled l-\
leavy vote in greater New York, hut j c
Jr. ltoosevelt came down from upr <
tate counties with a dwindling ma- c
orlty which at first seemed to indV i
ate his election. Just before midt V
light, Charles D. Hallos, one of the j
ice chairmen of the Republican na? c
tonal committee, gave It as his opinjl
on that Governor Smith would carry t
he State by more than SO,000 and the c
rover nor, on Uje basis of reports, Jftgdvt t
o' hlrt. ^aM hb hefievt# he had dmb^IS
lected. tI
With 16,000 votes counted In Okla- j t
loma, Davis' load over Cool Id ge was a l
Ittle over 1,000 and Walton was poll
ng only about half as many votes as i
its republican opponent.
With the Btate almost one-fourtli
omplete. Kentucky gave Davis 92.500 (
ind Coolidge 79,800. In Tennessee t
vith about a fifth of the state in, the
ount stood 21.000 for Davis to 1.600
or Coolidge.. 1
In Went Virginia, the native state
>f John W. Davis. Mr. Coolidge was
eading by a narrow margin, but in i
Maryland he was counting two votes *
o one (or Mr. Davis and in Indiana (
le was leading Davis by 5.000.
Davis was ahead in Missouri and ]
Tennessee by a ratio of two to one 1
>n the early returns and was leading 1
>y lesser majorities in Oklahoma and
Kentucky. *
The first returns from Wisconsin 5
vhich has been regarded as the corner- J
itone of- the LaFollette strength, gave 3
Coolldge 4,300 to 3,283 for LaFollette '
Throughout most of the east, the in ^
lependent presidential candidate ran ^
far behind, but on early returns he ^
nras running second to* Coolidge in * )Oth
North and South Dakota.
Jn Kansas, William Allen White j 1
running for governor on an indeponlent
anti-Ulan platform, was third in i
lis three-cornered race against the 1
regular democratic and republican <
nominee?. ' *
Coolidge Leading in Iowa.
First reports from Iowa, which has ^
i>een claimed as a LaFollett state by !
lis campaign managers, showed Coolldge
with a majority over the com
?ined vote for Davis and LaFollette
who were running neck and neck for
second place. Senator Walsh, democrat,
of Massachusetts, was running
far behind his republican opponent.
Speaker Frederick H. Oillett, but was
leading by a wide margin the national 1
ticket of his party. In Oklahoma. '
despite the Davis 1-aH r r*
running on an antl-klan platform a?j
lemocratic candidate for senator, was*
trailing bis republican opponent. Mrs '
Miriam Ferguson, the democratto an-;
tl-klan candidate for governor of j
Texas, was In the lead, but Carlton B
McCulloch, democratic candidate tor j
governor of Indiana and outspoken
opponent of the klan, was running be
hind bis republican opponent, Edj.
Ig^teUlL. ' '-U
?? Congressional Elect tons. ?n
The congressional returns were'
markedly Slow. Those which came in >'
before midnight Tuesday night gave
little color,to the situation. The first
hundred districts failed to show e
single upset.
Early In-the eventng the-re ctEEtlmu-,
of Senator Borah, of Idaho, the repHb- i
lloan gadfly of the senate, was con- j
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ednesday Evening Nov. I
tded by bis opponent. The Omaha
I'orld-Herald, which supported Oar Is
d Bryan, conceded Nebraska te
ooltdgc. and also announced the relection
ot Senator Norrls, a republtan
progressive who has been foreloat
among the supporters ot Senator
aFoliette In the senate. Re-election
I Senator Capper, republican, of Kanas,
chairman of the farm block, also
ecaiue certain.
Returns sufficient to Indicate an
lection have been received from only
ight ot the 34 senatorial contests.
Seven were democrats from southrn
states, and the eighth was a re
ublican?Capper of Kansas. The re
lection of Borah of Idaho was concedd
by his opponent. The democrats
ere Heflln, Alabama; Robinson. Ar
ansaer the minority leader ot the
enate: Harris Ounrrln nl....
tarolina, who succeeds Senator Dial,
democrat; Randell, of Louisiana;
larrlson, of Mississippi, and Simmons,
forth Carolina.
Of the 104 congressional contest,nts
wh^se election was assured 68
fere democrats, the great majoritp
rom southern,' states, and 36 were
epublicans. The 104 total does not
delude tho four republicans from
laine elected In September. Among
he republicans returned to the house
rere the chairmen of several of the
a ore powerful committees, including
Iraliam, Pennsylvania, head of tho
ndiciary ; chairman Butler. Pennsyl
ania, chairman of the naval commute;
McFadden, also of the same
tate, chairman of the banking comaitiee
and Portur.. likewise . from
^nnsylvania-, head of foreign affairs
ommlttee. Shell, New York* chairaan
of the rules committee.
Prominent democrats elected included
Qarner, Texas, . ranking member j
?n the ways and means committee; }
)I?1 field, Arkansas, the minority whip; j
}uinn, . Mississippi; Vinson, Georgia; |
ou. North Carolina and Wingo, Ar- j
ransas. ranking democrats on the mil-!
tary, naval and rules, and banking
ommlttee, respectively.
Wurzbacb. the lone republican mem>er
of the hpuse from Texas, was rejected
as was Jamej of Michigan, a
epublican, who usually has identified
d Si self with the LaFWI^tte Insurgents,
ind Jacobsteln. a democrat (rom upitata,
who had LaFollette endorsenent.
The Probable Electoral Vote.
The following le the electoral vote InHeated
by returns received up to Wedteaday
morning. There may be some
ilight changes when complete figures
ire available, but they will not materally
affect the result.
COOLIDGE
trlzona ............. S
California ...... ...?13
Colorado : 6
Connecticut 1 7
Delaware 3
daho ..... 4
lllnole ...... .......23
Indiana IS
owa .... ?13 j
{ansae .... 101
Maine ...... .... ..... 4'
Maryland ... ... 8 j
Yiasaacnusetta-'-c- . IS
Michigan IE
Minnesota ??---12
Montana ? 4
Nebraska ? 8
Nevada ? .... ? 3
Mew Hampshire 4
Mew Jersey 14
Mew York i 45
Mortal Dakota 5
}hio -?241
Oregon ? 5j
Pennsylvania 33 i
ilhode Island 5 j
South Dakota - S i
Utah a\
Vermont ! - 4;
Washington 7
Wroat Virginia ? ? ? I
Wyoming ?? 3
Total 348
DAVIS
Alabama ? ? .??12
Arkansas ? -?1?? 9
Florida - - * 6
Georgia ?? 14
Louisiana 10
Mississippi ? 10
MissOulo __r. .18
North Carolina 12
South Carolina ? 9
Tennessee ? 12 (
OS?- 1
. . ?. ...21
Virginia IS
j LaFOLLETTE
Wisconsin ..13
DOUBTFUL
Kentucky ... ........?.... 11
flew Mexico ....... ..... 3
... Total ?_* 21
Couri
$1.50 P
>th.
RQXBORQ MARKET 1
GOING GOOD i
KOXBORfO LEADING IN HIGH (
AVERAGES . 1
Monday's Sale of Nearly One Hun- 1
dred Thousand Averages About
$30.00 \
Last week- was the best week both <
for the warehouses ?and the farmer, I
of the season so far, though every <
indication is that the price will get i
fccttefr week tyy week} There was (J
more than three hundred thousand <
pounds sold on the market at an av- j
ciane wi iiJ.uo. I *
The biggest sale this season was I
on last (Friday when 107,548 pounds i
was sold bringing the splendid sum I
of $27,106.38.
f!\\ Monday there was nnother i
splendid sale, averaging $29.50, the i
number of (pounds being 77.338, i
bringing $22,509.69. I
We have seen no report from any
market, either in this State or elsewhere
which makes a better showing
lhan Roxboro. S oit seems the ware- j
housemen ntvd the buyers are living j
up to their promise made hst week, |
to wit; that ho market could, or
would nay a higher price for tobacco
than Roxboro, So.
RRJNC YOUiR TOBACCO TO ROXBORO.
SCHOOL .NOTES
Owing: to the meeting tyi Raleigh, 1
friday and Saturday of this week, the ;
Teacher's Meeting is postponed until '
November 15th,?a week later. All
teachers are urged to be in Raleigh
Friday afternoon for the first meet- ;
ing at 1 o'clock in Pullen Hall at State
College where all the meetings will
be held. (Friday will be given for teachers
to attejnd. Th? September number
of The- Teacher contains the rules
and Regulation^ fpr thk Spelling
Contest. The Prelinimianary Contest
will be hekt here in the Roxboro
Graded School building at 3:30'o'clock
Thursday afternoon of this week.
The (Final Contest will be held the
next day in Pullen Hall, State Col
lege, (Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
There ^.will be no . schools taught on
Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving
week. Principals will please
read this card to all their teachers.
Mrs. J. A. Boam.
Death of Mr. Zachary Gentry
JLast {Friday night Mr. Zachary
(Gentry, who lives about five miles
Northeast of Roxboro, passed to his
reward. Mr. Gentry was a fine Chris
tian gentlemant greatly loved and
respected by all who knew him, a
faithful! church worker, and will be
greatly missed by his community. He
loaves a wife and several children to
mourn tbe*r loss. He was buried
Sunday evening at the family burying
ground in the {presence of a large
concourse of friends.
Beautiful New Store Building.
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One of the handsomest of the many-'
-handsome stores' in Roxboro is the j
new store building of the Farmers I
Hardware Company. They moved i
in last week ;^.id you will be surprised
at the beauty and convenience of
everything. Mr. Daniels, the senior
member if the firm, says they have
a place for everything and everything
in its (place, and you will find just
about anything you wanU in the hardware
line. 7* * ' ;
BIG FISH.
Mr. Cam Barnett will probably
hold the record for big fish for some
time. One day last week he caught
t t .'iiL. *
nt> ljia.ii uiujr in u nan uiic
Weighing twenty and one quarter
frounda and another weighing twenty
one pounds. This is no "fish story,'
but is a fact as Mr. Barnett had them
weighed here.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETYL'
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l,ast Sunday evening .in company
with our family, we took n little
drive ov e rto Durham, and on that
thirty mile drive we met just exactly
one hundred and ninety cars between
the bridge^over the N. & W. railroad
the outskirts of Durham and
THb-town limits of Roxboro. Just
think, 190 automobiles mat in-ouly one
hours run. JL
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ER YEAR IN ADVANGb
ai 4j"' :
seheasal bbgins tor musicCAL
COMEDY.
(Tuesday afternoon active wod+
>ejtan on the biff musical remedy.
'Kathleen," Which is to be present**
jy local talent under the auspice*
>f the Lester Blackwell Poet, We.
!38, American Legion, at the Graded
School auditorium on Nov. IS and.
The play is divided into Z act*"
vhich is chuck full of good comedy'Kathleen"
is a regular Mirthquake
>f Laughter. The lingering lyrics,
taunting melodies, bewitching dau
res and real plot will be the factors
n making the play one which will
j>ng be remembered by the Roxberoaudiences.
Kathleen" is one of the best comt?
xlies in the Rogers catalogue having
oeen presrVited in many of the larger
cities of the country with very
marked success. .rj
The scenery and costumes are being
supplied by the producing company;
they, are very good and most appropriate
to the play. -;j
The play will be directed by Kathr>jn
1. Morris of the John B, Rogers
Producing Co., and she will ve assisnoqs
o_i|.v, apptuuuio.7 ]BCO| ,r.|t ?q poj . I
promise of [working very hard bo
make the play the most successfulever
produced in Roxboro.
CARD OF THANKS
To nty friends of Roxboro and.
Pe;-son County: 1 cannot find words
to exfpress my thanks to you for
your great support in this election.
I feel that my friends have done
their best. I hope to show more fully
my appreciations in the futdre in ,
other ways than writing, find trust
I may prove worthy of the support
received in electing me your sheriff.
Your friend,
Nat V, Brooks.
Brunswick Stew at Providence.
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The ladies of Providence Baptistchurch
will serve Brunawkk stew,
chicken stew, sandwiches, hot coffee,
etc., at Providence Saturday
Nov. 15tih, beginning at 4 o'clock, P.
M. Proceeds will go to church.
Everybody cordially invited.
BISHOP .PENICK . CONFIRMS
CLASS
(Last Sunday night Bishop Edwin A~
Penick confirmed a class of three at
Sy Marks. Bishop JPersick hsi^
rfsited Roxboro before and it wasr
no suifprise that he was greeted by
congregation which filled tho
Chapel.
Presbyterian Ladies Will HeM
Bazaar.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will hold their bazaar on
Saturday, Nov. 15th, 1924, at tt?
Crowell garage, pinner will be
served, and the public is cordially
iinvrted to take dinner with thetiC
SWARTHMORE CHAUTAUQUA
The Swarthmre Chautaubua was on,
the first three days of this week.
The {people wore very much pleased,
with the performances, and, no doubt
will arrange for a return trip next
season.
Bazaar November 8th. ,
The ladies of Brooksdale church
will hold their regular annual bazaar
at Jackson Motor Oo's on Saturday
Nov. 8th. Dinner and supper will
served.? dinner beginning at U v', .'/p'
o'clock. All friends and the public *
generally iiivitied.
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SAINT MARK'S CHURCH
21st Sunday after Trinity: Church
School at 10:00 A. M., Edwin Eberma(n
Superintendent. Evening Prayer
and sermon ?:3& P. M.
J. M. Martin, .Rector.
/ Concord Circle Bazaar.
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f The Circles of Ccfioord church
will have their bazaar at Jackaon's
Parage on Nov. 22nd, 1924, opening
at 10:80 o'clock. Dinnei criHl_ ho ?
served
Box mJI
There wllld|fl
burg TTigl^|
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